Belowrez vs Pixellate Camera
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Belowrez
Transform your photos and videos into a retro, pixelated aesthetic reminiscent of classic 80s graphic adventure games or NES titles. Adjust the pixel size and choose from nine classic color palettes for a unique, low-resolution digital look.
- Real-time previews
- Adjustable pixel size
- 9 classic color palettes
- Retro aesthetic
- Pinch-to-pixelate functionality
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View and photograph the world from the viewpoint of the pixellated, low resolution digital future past. Want your world to look like a classic point and click graphic adventure game from the 80's? Or a NES game? It's just a tap away. Not blocky enough? PINCH to pixelate! It's awesome fun. Includes - * realtime previews * adjustable pixel size * 9 classic color palettes based on classic consoles and personal computers
Pixellate Camera
Capture photos with a retro, 4-color dithered aesthetic. Adjust camera settings in real-time or import existing images to apply unique color schemes and advanced metadata.
- Retro 4-color dithered aesthetic
- Adjust zoom, sharpness, contrast, brightness
- Import and filter existing photos
- Create custom color schemes
- Advanced metadata with geotagging
- 4x upscaled or pixel-perfect saves
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Shoot in four colors. Pixellate is a live camera with the eye of a 1998 handheld. Every frame in the viewfinder is dithered down to four colors you can choose. Pick a palette, dial in brightness, contrast and dither, and shoot. Zoom in and out, flip to the front camera, and capture Live Photos and video in the same four colors as your stills. • Live four-color viewfinder for stills, Live Photos and video • 25 built-in palettes, or mix your own from any four colors • Brightness, contrast, dither and zoom controls • Import any photo, crop it, and pixellate it • Save upscaled copies for your library, or pixel-perfect 160 x 144 originals for homebrew projects • Optional geotagging and full capture metadata • Open the camera from Control Center, the Lock Screen or the Action button
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Pixellate Camera at 5.0 against Belowrez's 4.0. Pixellate Camera also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Belowrez's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pixellate Camera holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Belowrez's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pixellate Camera's.
Belowrez ships an update every 6 weeks, Pixellate Camera every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Belowrez | Pixellate Camera |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Mathes | Zachary Coleman |
Customer experience
Belowrez
Pixellate Camera
In-app purchases
Belowrez
No in-app purchases
Pixellate Camera
No in-app purchases
